Taxi

Quick meaning: Taxi is a noun meaning A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

Meaning

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

More Meanings

1. (aviation, slang, obsolete) An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
2. (South Africa, Iran) Synonym of shared taxi.
3. To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
4. To travel by taxicab.
5. (aviation, uncountable, countable) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.

Example Sentences

I cabbed a package downtown in my father's taxi.

Mr. E. B. Bauman (new pupil) joined school and had first lesson on No. 2 taxi.

Seat belts must be kept fastened during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing.

Capt. Dawes and Bellairs were out with the Deperdussin taxi, and also with the brevet machine, rolling.

Word Forms

• taxis
• taxies
• taxiing
• taxying
• taxied

Synonyms for taxi

Depending on context, synonyms include cab, taxicab, autocab, hack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include taxicab, cab, hack, cabbie, car, driver.

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